Nigeria: World Bank 'dragging its feet' on resettlement package after forced eviction

Headline Title: Nigeria: World Bank 'dragging its feet' on resettlement package after forced eviction 21 February 2014 A year after bulldozers razed the homes of 9,000 people in a community meant to benefit from a World Bank funded project in Lagos, the state government and the World Bank are failing miserably to live up to their promise to adequately compensate and resettle them, Amnesty International said.“Hundreds of women, men and children from the Badia East community have been homeless for a year, with many families separated, children unable to attend school and parents…

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